Howard NEWTON

Regimental number10/708
Date of birth7 October 1891
Place of birthUSA
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCivil engineering
AddressOkato, Taranaki
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.11
Height5' 7"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Wise, Waimea Road, Nelson
Previous military service11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles)
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unit11th Taranaki Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialChatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 187), Alexandria, Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late John and Elizabeth Newton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914.

Found guilty, 23 October 1914, of having an untidy bed: award, admonished.

Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Wounded in action, Anzac, 25-29 April 1915 (gunshot wound, scrotum); admitted to No.17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 1 May 1915.

Died of wounds, No.17 General Hospital, 2300 hours, 2 May 1915.

Total war service: 259 days (of which 222 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21380192